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Very nice Z. :) I like the offset of the wheels, gives the car a nice stance. And the seats came out great! - From an owner of an '03 Base and an '07 Enthusiast.

Interesting thread. I've been researching and preparing to have a car coated by a professional (whom I have yet to find in my area) because my #1 goal for this potential future classic, after paint correction, is long term protection of the existing paint. This thread is bringing up some...

Interesting. I'm not sure I"m ready to resort to a power tool just yet. I like the steam + plastic razor blade idea. Off to pick up a plastic razor blade tonight. I had no idea such a thing existed! I definitely plan to correct the paint on the whole car sometime after the vinyl is gone...

Has anyone had any luck removing dried up old vinyl from a painted surface? My 350Z has a replica Nismo stripe along the side. The blue part has faded, shrunk, and has started to flake off in a couple places recently. I went to remove the whole thing today. Normally removing automotive vinyl...

I didn't realize this was a conundrum. The only DA polisher I've owned, a Meguiars G110v2, has a little flat area that easily lets you set it upside down on the ground in a stable way.

Personally I'd tackle that with some 3:1 Megs APC and a toothbrush, then wipe dry and follow up with a little QD. I suspect those holes are for drainage.

Been looking around to see what I can discover. Swissvax has Seal Feed but at $70 a bottle I'm having a hard time considering this one. It looks like GummiPflege is most often used for weather seals (inside/around doors, convertible tops, etc) and less often on exterior window trim. But the...

I'm not a pro, but I was very pleased with the lighting improvement I saw when I ditched the old halogen tubes for LED fixtures. I don't recall the brand but they were commonly available at home improvement stores. Doing a little searching just now, these might be them. Look and price seems...

I have a 25 year old car with rubber window trim that is fading and starting to dry out with tiny tiny cracks. Unfortunately some of the trim is no longer available as replacement parts. I have several products that will dress and protect the trim (WETS, 303, PERL, etc), but I think it's a...

Thanks for the recommendations. In my brief research so far it seems like FG400/HC400 is worth a try for when I need a heavy cut. I'll look into this Boss Fast Correcting Cream too. If it makes a difference, I'm using a Meguiars G110v2. Not quite BOSS level. ;) I'm not dead set on only...

Last weekend I detailed my mom's 1995 Camry which she has owned since new. It hasn't been garaged for the past 5 years so it definitely needed some attention. Remarkably the hood only needed M205 to achieve a very good level of clarity. The roof and trunk, on the other hand, were the worst...

I haven't seen Gold Class Trim Detailer in ages. It was my favorite! Every time I'm at a parts store I check for it, (sometimes products come back from the dead) but I never see it. It definitely didn't last long, but nothing else made trim look as good as that stuff did. Everything else...

I forgot to update this thread with the finished product! How could I. Back to looking proper again so it can be sold. [Ad links are probably forbidden here, but if you have any interest in one of these PM me for details :)] This time I topped it with 2 coats of P21S Concours wax...

Nice! Really great work on the b-pillars. Are you going to add sealant for a little more protection? Seems like these shiny painted b-pillars on a lot of cars are very susceptible to scratches and spotting. What did you use to paint your door handles? Your window trim strips look great...

Update: success! :buffing:Im the MAN I did have to start over, basically, and although I was trying to avoid that when I started this thread, ultimately I wanted the spots gone. In one last ditch effort I decided to get very aggressive. I picked up some M105 at Autozone (overpriced, I...

Hmm. The beatings will continue until morale improves? The water spots sure are stubborn. Here's everything that I have that I thought might work, and all of them have failed to remove the water spots: From what I understand vinegar is supposed to be a mineral deposit remover, although...

Coatings are definitely something I want to look into (so many choices, as always in the detailing world!) for the future. Because I like shiny cars more than I like the process of achieving or maintaining a great finish. I still wish I knew what was used on one of my cars more than 10 years...

What's interesting to me is I've had various cars live outside in the past 15 years, with all kinds of different waxes (or lack thereof) and I can't recall rainwater having this effect on any of them before. Sprinkler water is another story. But I haven't learned to be paranoid of the rain...

Thanks for the feedback. I'm learning all the time. I think you're right, Kamakaz, I'll have to polish them out. Even my more aggressive clay isn't taking care of the water spots. They're maybe 20% less visible after a good claying. I did apply 2 coats of PL (waiting sufficient time after...

So the lesson here is to wash away rain as soon as you can, yeah? I didn't think our rain out here in the San Joaquin Valley was particularly acidic or harmful to finishes (our hard water from the tap is another story) so I've tended not to worry about it. Thanks for the advice. I'll clay it...